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Guinea Pig
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 Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 10:18 am Post subject: Caledonian School |
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Less than 24 hours until the 14th May. Are we all getting excited about this big announcement that's coming?
I will be looking for comments on here over the weekend  |
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TinSardine
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| Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| What are they up to? Finally announcing their famed new motivation system? |
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mr tree
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| Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| i guess so Mr TinSardine. no comments tho? i've seen a copy of it... it looked pretty incomprehensible! |
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mr tree
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| no recent updates? i caught up with some friends at the weekend and it sounds like they are lurching from awful to shambolic... i'm kinda worried for the friends i have there, i'm not sure Caledonian will last too long from what i hear... |
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TinSardine
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Same for me but having said that most of my mates have left already or recently resigned. I heard rumours that they've moved the payday without telling anybody. Nice one. |
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mr tree
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| Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:19 am Post subject: |
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it can't be a good sign for the place if all the TEFL trainers resigned on the same day  |
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TinSardine
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| That is quite spectacular. Looks like the complete management changed in less than three months. New brooms and all that...? |
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mr tree
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:24 am Post subject: |
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i received a panicked email from a local today, asking if i could find him an English teacher...
i asked why - he said he was giving up with Caledonian and needed a teacher from another school - in his words "Caledonian is in a mess"
is that a fair summary? or do we have any happier stories? |
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TinSardine
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| I think the fact that people stopped adding to the thread says it all. Nobody can be bothered anymore. Bit of a shame, really, but I suppose it's what the new owner wants. |
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mr tree
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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they do have lovely adverts on the screens on the metro though. AND Tutor have adverts there too! Must be costing a pretty penny. Who said there's no money to be made in language schools? (even after tearing apart your main money-making project, the TEFL program, in one of the more bizarre decisions i've been privvy to)
my infrequent jibes may have to end as my last insider leaves soon, moving on to bigger and better things. or, at least, slightly more morally-reputable ones.
might be a good place for the newbie teachers, as i hear second-year teachers are being given Senior Teacher status  |
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mr tree
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| over the last couple of months, i get news of a friend or a friend-of-a-friend leaving Caledonian on about a once-a-week basis. normally with reference to rats and sinking ships. |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| Hmmm. sounds like my university Language Centre. Common phenomenon, sadly! |
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Guinea Pig
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:50 pm Post subject: No pay today |
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Just to update on life in Caledonian, last month they 'forgot' to pay me, now this month again they 'forgot' to pay me.
They screw millions out of their clients every month, often demanding payment for several weeks lessons in advance and yet when they have to pay us up to 40 days after we've provided the lesson they still cannot manage it. I do not know how anyone will be able to complete a whole school year there in the future without wanting to bang someone's head off a wall.
I've been there 4 years now and there have been no improvements to the teachers' room (or cleaning) in this time and only a few books have been added to the library so they cannot even say that they are providing a satisfactory workplace for their staff.
Anyway I'm heading back to the UK next week but I feel sorry for the teachers that I'm leaving behind as so many of them feel undervalued and that this job is just a stop gap while they look for something better or get a bit of experience, this is not the way to run any business. |
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Chris Westergaard
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| If a school doesn't pay you for a month leave. It's that simple, just leave |
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Chris Westergaard
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| mr tree wrote: |
they do have lovely adverts on the screens on the metro though. AND Tutor have adverts there too! Must be costing a pretty penny. Who said there's no money to be made in language schools? (even after tearing apart your main money-making project, the TEFL program, in one of the more bizarre decisions i've been privvy to)
my infrequent jibes may have to end as my last insider leaves soon, moving on to bigger and better things. or, at least, slightly more morally-reputable ones.
might be a good place for the newbie teachers, as i hear second-year teachers are being given Senior Teacher status |
their TEFL course never made them any money. Why would you think that? The only reason why they ever had a TEFL course was for recruitment. Their language contracts probably generated 7-10 times what they made with TEFL |
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